192pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped extremities. Hinges cracked and stretched. Text block edges starting to fox. WH Smith Library bookplate on front pastedown, previous owner's details on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has <1cm closed tear at heel, light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 12mo.
Absorbing novel in which a young man takes on the cares of an early marriage, and then all to soon yields to the temptation to sell his talent for easy money.